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Nobody Walks

By: Mick Herron
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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'A first-rate modern thriller' Daily Mail

Set in the same world as Mick Herron's bestselling Slough House thrillers, Nobody Walks introduces JK Coe, a fledgling spy who's about to get a harsh lesson in the realities of life on Spook Street

Tom Bettany is working at a meat processing plant in France when he gets a voicemail telling him that his estranged 26-year-old son is dead - Liam Bettany fell from his London balcony, where he was smoking pot.
Now for the first time since he cut all ties years ago, Bettany returns home to London to find out the truth about his son's death. But more than a few people are interested to hear Bettany is back in town, from incarcerated mob bosses to those in the highest echelons of MI5. And some of them - like JK Coe - will have cause to regret his reappearance.

Bettany might have thought he'd left it all behind when he first skipped town, but nobody ever really walks away. Crime Thrillers Espionage Fiction Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Scary England
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Critic reviews

Fast-moving and deeply cynical, yet thoroughly heartfelt, this is a first-rate modern thriller
Mick Herron writes thrillers that are smart in the places that count. Smart prose, smart plotting
Blackly comic
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Great narrative delivered with sympathy for the storyline. Enjoyable and very addictive with an ending that encourages part 2.

The workings of MI5

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Beautifully written, as Mick Heron’s books always are, and this is as much a reason for this novel’s brilliance as the characters and plot. Loved it.

A brilliant noir spy novel

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So many twists and turns! After so many decades of spooks stories, Heron still keeps surprising you, but then you realise how the plots all hang together so well.

Heron at his best

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Certainly I enjoyed the audio book more than the physical book, perhaps largely down to the wonders of Sean Barrett's narration. The lack of a long-drawn out story was excellent (10 hour books are draining) and I was happy to re-connect the ties between this book, it's characters and the Slow Horses series. A great big jigsaw with gaps filled in.

Read this before, enjoyed listening

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Different in tone to the Slough House series and perhaps even darker, this takes a little longer to properly get going. However, it is no less gripping and left me as breathless as ever aa the twists and turns cumulated in a chilling conclusion.

Totally gripping

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